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Maduraiof Tamil Nadu, South India is a holy city. It is full of temples and poets. A river named
Vaikai flows through this city. The poets of ancient times as well as modern times have written
poemsonthiscityandhertemples.Theyhavealsowrittenontheriverandfloods.
Inthepoem,wegetapictureofthesummerseasonandrainyseasonaswell.Inthesummerseason,

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theriverisdryandonlyaverysmallandthinstreamflows.Thestreamissothinthattheribsof
sandmadebytheflowingwaterareclearlyvisible.Everysummeralotofstrawandwomens hair
sticktothesendontheoutletsinthecausewayandobstructthefreeflowofwater.Therustybars

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underthebridgehavepatchesofrepairalloverthem.Someofthestonesonthebedoftheriverare

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dry and some of them are wet. All are clearly visible in summer, because the river is dry. When

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thereisflood,intheriver,thepeopleeverywheretalkabouttheinchbyinchrisingofwaterandthe
number of stone steps submerged at the bathing place. They talk about the three village houses
beingwashedawaybytheflood.Theyalso talk about how a pregnant woman andtwocowswere
carriedawaybythestrongcurrentoftheriver.TheyknowthatthenamesofthetwocowswereGopi
andBrinda.Butnooneknewthehomeofthewomenwhowascryingandcarriedoff.Thismeans
thateveryonewasindifferenttothe suffering of this woman. Even the poets did not mention her

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nameintheirpoems.Theywroteabouttheflood.

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Thenewpoets are equally indifferent to the suffering of the pregnant woman. She had probably

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twinsinherbelly,whichmighthavekickedthewallsofherwomb when she was drowned in the

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river.Theywriteaboutthetwocows,thethreedamagedandwashedawayvillagehouses.Butthey
mentionthewomancasually.Theydonotbrothertoknowhernameorherwhereabouts.
Inthepoem,thepoetconcludesthatboththegroupsofthepoets,pastandpresentarecallousand
indifferent to human suffering. The poet A.K. Ramanujan has ironically exposed the heartless
attitudeofboththeoldandnewpoets.

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